Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! I had a rough week of teething, and finally got back to my "normal" schedule just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday to send me into another tailspin. I am really looking forward to all of the yummy food! Mommy and Daddy are going to let me try pumpkin pie for the first time. Here are a few recent pictures. Enjoy!

Play time!

Mommy and I had a wild and crazy play time while Daddy was trying out a new recipe in the kitchen this evening. Here are some of the pictures!

PEEK A BOO!

Mommy had to rescue me... I got stuck.

Fish face!

Reading my book

Giving Mommy a very wet kiss!

November Shenanigans

I am learning how to walk slowly but surely. I took four steps in a row last night! Even though I don't take very many steps yet, I love to show off by standing up big and tall for anyone and everyone who will act excited about it! I have been learning how to get into things like the cereal boxes and toilet paper, making extravagant messes for my Mommy and Daddy to clean up. I am teething again. Mommy THOUGHT I had eight teeth, but then she found out I actually had nine when she was brushing my teeth one night and discovered a stealth tooth in the back on top! I have a new lovey. Puppy joined our family today. Mommy took me into the toy store to look at the puppets and I grabbed Puppy off the shelf with a huge smile on my face and did not let go of him again until I fell asleep this evening.

Puppy

Fun with toilet paper

Playing with my airplane

Too bad the cereal cabinet is locked...

I love to make a mess with the Cheerios!

Trick or Treat!

Happy Halloween! Halloween 2009 did not start out super well... Mommy, Daddy and I waited in line outside the hospital for five and a half hours so that Mommy and I could get our H1N1 vaccines. What a terrible way to start the day! Mommy and Daddy were very proud of how good I was while we were waiting in line. I got very scared when I saw the nurses in their scrubs, because I knew it meant I was going to get a shot. I was shaking and crying before they even poked me! After that, Jim and Grandma Edna came by for a short visit, and then Mommy and I took a long nap together. Grandma Libby came by with Halloween treats for me after my nap, and then I got into my costume and Mommy and Daddy and I went Trick or Treating along Main Street. They had all the roads closed, and all of the shops were giving out candy. It was cold and wet, so we didn't stay out for very long. I had a good time, except for in the very beginning, when the associate pastor from our church who was dressed up like Pooh Bear made me cry because he looked so funny! When we got home, I had fun helping Mommy and Daddy answer the door for all the trick or treaters. I also got to taste my first Kit Kat, and thought it was great fun to empty the candy bowl when Mommy and Daddy weren't looking! In other news, Mommy gave me my first haircut this past week, and I took my first two steps today! I stepped with my right foot, dragged my feet together, then stepped with my right foot again. Maybe tomorrow I'll work on right, left, right, left! Mommy was the only one who saw me take the steps... Daddy was busy putting furniture straps on all the dressers since we found out I am fully capable of tipping them over last weekend!
Our Pumpkin family

Digging into my treats from Grandma Libby

I'm a dragon!

Standing up all by myself!

Emptying the candy bowl